I just found out i have colitis, can u tell me the foods i should and should not eat pls?

Answer 1

hi hillbilly, I have Crohn's disease which is similar to Ulcerative Colitis. It is a form of IBD (inflammatory bowel disease).

Diet will vary in each person. What one can tolerate well, the other may not. If you go to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America website, they have information there regarding diet, exercise, the latest treatments, surgery, etc.

They also have a hotline and a live chat that is run by healthcare professionals who are well versed in IBD M-F 9 am - 5 pm (EST). You can contact these folks and get the answers you've been looking for.

If you click on events & chapters on the left side of the webpage, then click on the state you live in, the nearest chapter near you will show up. CCFA has support groups as well as educational meetings that have dieticians, drug reps, colorectal surgeons, as well as ostomates who have been cured of UC.

Be sure that you are not smoking or drinking b/c it will interfere with your treatments.Taking any type of hormonal birthcontrol & having IBD tends to increase the risk of clots when flaring. The blood becomes sticky in a flare & it increases the risk more than 50%.

Make sure to keep your GI appts, ask questions, get to know your pharmacist because they will be your first defense when you have medications questions & your MD is not in the office, eat right when you can, and if you are in any pain, ask for something for relief.

I can truly understand what you are going through. It takes a while to come to terms with IBD, but once you get the right dose of treatment, remission isn't too far away.

I should mention that you can meet with a registered dietician at a hospital. They are trained to deal with all sorts of different illnesses & specific diets that go with it. I provided a link to the American Dietician Association in case you want to find someone close to you instead of going to a hospital. I always request one whenever I am hospitalized and then I get a list of what to avoid and ideas for meals plans for a week.

Answer 2

Hi Hillbilly Gal

You can heal the condition with the following ideas. Learn about juice fasting/ detoxification and be sure to do a colon and liver cleanse to clean out the toxins in the blood for long term health.

Causes
Colitis can be caused by a variety of factors, including poor diet and nutrition, food allergies, imbalanced levels of hydrochloric acid, impaired immunity, infections, lack of exercise, "leaky gut" syndrome, pharmaceutical drugs, and stress.

Pharmaceutical Drugs: The following drugs can all cause and exacerbate various gastrointestinal disorders, including colitis: Accutane, Alka-Seltzer Antacid and Alka-Seltzer Pain Reliever, Anturane, Genuine Bayer Aspirin, Bayer Plus Aspirin, Bayer Regular Strength Enteric Aspirin, Bufferin Analgesic Tablets and Caplets, Ceptaz, Clinoril, Cuprimine, Ecotrin Enteric Coated Aspirin, Feldene, Ilosone, Lamprene, Leukine for IV Infusion, Lopid, Marplan, Meclomen, Novantrone, Paraplatin, Piroxicam, Prokine I.V. Infusion, Retrovir, Rynatuss, Supprelin Injection, Suprax, Ticlid, Tolectin, Toradol IM Injection, Trecator-SC, Trilisate, and Voltaren.



Quick Action Plan for Colitis


1. Avoid all sugars, refined flour products, and carbohydrates, milk and dairy products, processed foods that contain preservatives and artificial sweeteners, alcohol, hydrogenated and trans-fatty oils, as well as foods that are common allergens.

2. Emphasize organic, fresh vegetables and non-citrus fruits, organic grains, as well as organic, free-range meats and poultry and wild-caught fish.

3. Drink plenty of pure, filtered water throughout the day. At least a gallon a day

4. Try the herbal remedy Robert's Formula.

5. Soothing baths two to five nights a week, as well as sitz baths, and alternating hot and cold water packs placed over the abdomen.

6. Aloe juice; wheatgrass juice; cabbage, papaya, and carrot juice. Avoid all citrus juices.

7. If you smoke, stop. In addition, learn how to effectively cope with and manage stress. Exercise regularly.

8. Replace aspirin or other NSAIDs with safer, more effective natural remedies.

9. Supplement with a multivitamin/multimineral formula and essential fatty acids, especial omega-3 oils.

10. Examine the possibility of withheld emotions as the cause of your symptoms and get support through emotional and physical expression, especially movement therapies such as Qi gong, Yoga or deeper expressive therapies, such as Total Integration release work.

best of health to you

Answer 3

This is something you must talk with your doctor about. He/she is the only one who can give you appropriate guidelines about foods you should avoid.